Overview
- A division bench of Justices Sanjeev Prakash Sharma and Sanjeet Purohit paused the single judge’s August 28 order that had annulled all selections.
- The court issued notices to the government for a reply, and field postings of selected sub-inspectors remain on hold.
- Appellants including Vikram Panwar and Amar Singh argued that only a limited set of named candidates are implicated and that honest qualifiers should not be penalized.
- The 2021 recruitment covered 859 posts with about 7.97 lakh applicants, and the SOG probe has produced dozens of arrests, including many trainee SIs.
- The single bench had directed merging the 859 posts into a fresh 2025 drive, and scrutiny of the RPSC has intensified with member Manju Sharma resigning.